Jewelry display box



Aug. 25, 1936. J, WARNER 2,052,432

JEWELRY DISPLAY BOX Filed Sept. 25, 1935 INVENTOR I Jerome Warner,

BY QM val.

AT ORNEYS Patented Aug. 25, i936 P'ATEN-TIIOFFI v I 2,052,432 JEWELRYDISPLAY ox Jerome Warner, Buffalo, N. Y., assignor to Warner JewelryCase Company, Inc., Buffalo.

N. Y. Application September 25,1935, Serial No. 42,082

"' Claims. *(01. 206-76) This invention relates to a displayboxprimarily for use in the display of rings, cuff links, jewelry, andother articles. 1

Boxes of this type have heretofore been de 5 signed with a hinged coveradapted to be closed over the displayed article, ;and when open theentire box, both the body andits cover, is ornamented to appeal to theesthetic faculty by making the display attractive, pleasing andbeautiful for a more handsome setting off ordisplay of the article. Theboxes heretofore employed have been fabricated of various materials andprovided with an ornamental cover, such as leather, which soon showedsigns of wear and use. and thus impaired the beauty of the ,display.

ihe present inventionhas for itsobject to pro-- vide a display boxespecially adapted for jewelry and like, articles in which theusefulness of the box as an ornamental. display means is practicallymade permanent, andfurtherto provide a display box which is simpleinconstruction and durable in its ornamentation as well; as its make-up-The foregoingand other objects, will become more apparent as thedescriptionof the preferred embodiment of the invention progresses,reference being'hadtothe accompanying drawing wherein Fig. l is aperspective View of a jewelry display box constructed in accordance withthe present invention; and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailed sectional view taken about on line 22 ofFig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral I designates thebody or bottom of the box and 2 the cover or top thereof, these partsbeing herein shown hingedly connected, as indicated generally at 3. Thehinge is of the spring type wherein concealed spring means are 40provided for holding the cover either in closed or open position, andconsequently when the cover is moved to a closed position, and permittedto close freely under spring pressure, the marginal abutting portions ofthe body and cover are 45 brought forcibly together and there held.Within the chamber or cavity of the body is arranged the display pad 6,while the cavity or chamber of the cover 2 may be lined with a suitablecovering 5 tending to increase the display value of 50 the box whenopened, as well as serving to protect the displayed article when theboxis closed. The ring or other article is disposed on the pad 4.

The abutting marginal face portions 6 and 1 55 of the body and cover,respectively, are given sufiicient width to provide a framing effect orappearance about the respective cavities, and in order to'increase the.beauty of the frame, such surfaces are ornamented. This surfaceornamentation is generally indicated at 8 and is pref- 5 erably given'acolor in contrast to that of the marginal face portions Band 7. Thesurface ornamentation may be given other contrasting characteristics, ifdesired. The surface ornamentation is indicated as a coating orcovering, 10 which may be wiped into surface depressions in suchmarginal faceportions, or itmay be otherwise applied thereto, and thenin orderto protect such surface ornamentation against chipping orcracking, as might occur when the cover is forcibly closed upon thebody, surface projections it are provided on the marginal framing faceportions 6 and'i. Such upstanding projections may assume an ornamentaldesign to enhance the esthetic value of the ornamentation, and they mayalso be in the nature of the heavier enclosing borders ll, extendingalong such marginal face portions. 'These upstanding projections are ofa self-sustaining character, being formed of a substance which willreceive the force of the impact when the cover is closed forcibly uponthe body without 'yieldi-n'g thereunder, and thus will protect theornamentation against contact with an abutting surface. The ornamentalprojections HI and H of the body may coincide with those of the coverfor greater support and protection against chipping or cracking the:surface ornamentation.

In practice, the body and cover are molded with the framing surfaceornamental depressions in the. abutting marginal face portions, and thelatter are then wiped with a color, or otherwise treated to bring outthe ornamental effect. The molding composition is preferably a resinouscompound of the phenolic type, although other plastic or even metallicmaterial may be used, the desideratum being to provide a molded orshaped framing border for the box of durable construction and one inwhich the framing border will take a high polish so that no fabriccovering is needed and the framing ornamentation will stand up underhard usage. The framing borders may be separable from the body and coveralthough it is preferred to provide them unitary, and the ornamentaldepressions of the framing borders may be molded or stamped therein. Bywiping or coating such depressed portions the surface ornamentation isbrought out in vivid contrast to the body and cover, whereby a beautifulframing effect is obtained for the displayed ring or other article.

The surface ornamentation is protected against chipping or cracking byreason of the self-sustaining and non-chipping projections I0 and IIwhich latter receive the impact or blow of the cover when closing on thebody without yielding or disturbing the ornamental surface. Both thebody and cover of the box may be readily molded into a finished productwithout the necessity of applying a finishing fabric or coating, and theornamentation readily applied with the least expense and yet at the sametime affording a beautiful framing for the display which is both durableas well as appealing and attracting.

What is claimed is:

1. A display box for jewelry and the like, comprising a body and a coverclosable upon the body, the body and the cover being molded from acomposition to provide opposed marginal framing face portions adapted tobe brought into abutting contact with each other when the cover isclosed upon the body, such framing portions each having a depressed zonethereabout provided with surface ornamentation and a raised zonedefining a border along the depressed zone, the raised zone of the bodycoming into contact with the raised zone of the cover when the latter isclosed thereupon, for protecting the surface ornamentation of the coverfrom that of the body when the box is closed.

2. A display box having a body with an article receiving cavity and aframing surface thereabout, a cover hinged to the body and likewisehaving a framing surface coinciding with that of the body and restingthereon when the box is closed, one framing surface being formed with adepressed ornamenting zone which is protected against coming intocontact with the abutting framing surface by the relatively raisedportions about the depressed ornamenting 'zone, such raised portionsbeing non-yieldable and self-sustaining in character and providing acontinuous and uninterrupted border along the outer margin of theframing surface.

3. A molded jewelry display box having a body and a cover, each providedwith molded framing surface portions adapted to be brought into contactwith each other when the cover is closed upon the body, such abuttingframing portions being provided with a depressed zone having surfaceornamentation, and relatively raised parts defining a substantiallycontinuous border along at least one margin of the depressed zone, therelatively raised parts of the framing portion of the body adapted toabut like parts on the cover when the box is closed to support andprotect the surface ornamentation on the body from contact with that onthe cover, such relatively raised parts being self-sustaining andnon-yielding in character.

4. A molded jewelry display box having a body and a cover connectedthereto by a spring hinge serving to close the cover upon the body, thebody and cover being each molded as unitary parts with their outersurfaces polished and provided with framing surface portions adapted tobe brought into abutting contact with each other when the cover isclosed upon the body, such abutting framing portions being polished andeach provided with depressed surfaces arranged to form an ornamentingzone extending thereabout, and the parts of the framing surface portionsof the cover and body that border upon the margins of the ornamentingzones being relatively raised and adapted for abutment to space theornamenting zones of the cover and body when closed, such relativelyraised parts being self-sustaining and non-yielding in character, and anornamental coating on the depressed surfaces below the relatively raisedparts.

5. A display box having a body with an article receiving cavity and aframing surface thereabout, a cover hinged to the body and likewisehaving a framing surface coinciding with that of the body and restingthereupon when the box is closed, one framing surface having a depressedzone thereabout and a relatively higher protecting zone bordering uponsaid depressed zone, and ornamentation upon said depressed zoneprotected from contact with the other framing surface by said higherzone.

JEROIWE WARNER.

